At ten o'clock at night, Ju Qingmeng bid farewell to Ren Zhong and returned to the dormitory in the laboratory to sleep.

Since the Armored Laboratory was built, she hadn't returned to the villa area for a long time.

Located at the junction of the slum and the White Wall, this lab, with a total investment of five hundred million, had become her new home.

The security forces at the lab were far stronger than those of ordinary villas, so there were no safety issues.

She lived here long-term partly because the workload on Ren Zhong's side was very large, and partly because she also craved improvement.

Ever since she met Ren Zhong, her once leisurely life as a manager at Starfire Town's Military Weapon Store had been completely overturned.

Ren Zhong changed equipment too quickly and frequently.

In the past three months, aside from basic work, she was either modifying equipment for Ren Zhong or accumulating knowledge for modifications, always busy with hardly any free time.

But even though these days were tough, she found them fulfilling and enjoyed them immensely.

Every time she personally made a brand-new set of equipment for Ren Zhong, then watched him put it on and return victorious, Ju Qingmeng felt a hidden sense of satisfaction.

She knew she was getting closer to "freedom."

Throughout this process, she could clearly sense her technical skills improving rapidly.

At the beginning, she felt overwhelmed when first tasked with modifying Ren Zhong's Fourth Level War Armor, having to exert all her strength to keep up with his design concepts.

Now, even when handling equipment at Fifth Level or above with exoskeletal standards, and using extraordinary materials like Demon Infant Metal and Evolutionary Metal, which were not mentioned in textbooks, she could handle it with ease.

The reasons were partly the fully upgraded equipment and tools and partly her hard work and talent.

After three months of arduous practice, she could somewhat keep up with Ren Zhong's pace.

She always felt inferior, but Ren Zhong trusted her completely.

Today, after completing the "Red Blade," she finally managed to relax.

Lying in the soft bed, she didn't activate hypnosis but quickly fell asleep naturally.

She didn't enter a hibernation space, opting instead to completely clear her mind and have a solid night's sleep.

She had a good dream.

...

Ren Zhong quietly walked out of the laboratory wearing the Red Blade Armor.

On the street, looking around, there were new construction sites everywhere.

The sites were brightly lit, with numerous intelligent machines working steadily and orderly according to design blueprints.

The foundations and frameworks of various three-story alloy buildings were already set up.

A few managers with Night Watchman roles patrolled around.

In no more than ten days, 15,000 people would move into their new homes in Starfire Town.

In the design blueprints, the three-story buildings all considered automatic cruising defense systems and the active subsidence security systems of Armed Sleep Cabins.

Upon receiving an alarm or if the house's sensors indicated an attack from Ruined Beasts, the Armed Sleep Cabins would automatically descend into high-strength alloy security vault underground.

Ruined Beasts below Third Level wouldn't be able to breach them.

As for what to do if advanced Ruined Beasts appeared?

No place was safe to sleep in that scenario, and they could only rely on the timely response of the town's Night Watchman guards.

Ren Zhong rode the Blue Fourth Model Speedboat quietly towards the town's gate.

Upon leaving, he was surprised to find that the one on night duty guarding the gate was Ma Xiaoling.

She would be on duty until eleven fifty-five, then go home to sleep.

In the previous timeline, she had already officially joined the Source Star military by this point.

The two had interacted at this place and time many times before, always communicating through knowing glances, as a form of greeting, allowing Ren Zhong to walk out freely.

But this time, Ma Xiaoling stopped him, "It's late at night, and you're a billionaire boss, what are you doing out here alone?"

Ren Zhong: "Uh..."

"Are you feeling itchy from being a boss for too long and want to go hunting yourself again?"

Ren Zhong chuckled, "You got it right."

"Are you crazy!"

"Do you have any medicine?"

Ma Xiaoling: "Uh..."

"Alright, it's a personal hobby, don't stop me. I'm off, see you later."

Watching his back, Ma Xiaoling muttered, "Always staying up late, one day he'll die suddenly. How annoying!"

Ren Zhong really went out hunting tonight.

One reason was to use his "Newbie Village"-level invincible equipment to re-scout Ruined Beast points and help re-create more efficient hunting plans for the town's Scavengers. This content would be embedded into the action command and planning center provided by his company to the wasteland dwellers. Under unified coordination, the Scavengers' work efficiency would further improve.

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